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So, I finished reading my (signed copy) of David Sedaris’ “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” (which I HIGHLY recommend), and I’ve been bored riding to work every day. Sometimes I can write in my journal, but the other half of the time I either get asked by a crazy person what I’m doing and what I’m writing, or I’ve managed to sit too near the end of the train car and it’s too bumpy to write.

I’ve been wishing I could listen to music, and then I realized that, duh, I have an iPhone. I always forget that thing plays music, too. So I made a Going to Work Playlist – creative names, I know. My playlists are either made by the iTunes Genius and are labeled by the titular song or have such monikers as “great music,” “Workout Mix,” “Study Music,” and “Recently Played.” The Genius usually gives me better playlists than I can make myself, so 75% of my playlists are from there.

Anyway.

Here’s what I listen to on the way to work. Perhaps it will inspire you to listen to these. Perhaps not. Either way, I still enjoy them.

Expo 86 – Death Cab for Cutie

Blue Lips – Regina Spektor

The Calculation – Regina Spektor

Dance Anthem of the 80s – Regina Spektor

Eet – Regina Spektor

Laughing With – Regina Spektor

Man of a Thousand Faces – Regina Spektor

One More Time With Feeling – Regina Spektor

How the West Was Won – Katie Herzig

The Dress Looks Nice on You – Sufjan Stevens

The Ice is Getting Thinner – Death Cab for Cutie

I Feel It All – Feist

Pony (It’s OK) – Erin McCarley

Annie Waits – Ben Folds

To Be Alone With You – Sufjan Stevens

Marching Bands of Manhattan – Death Cab for Cutie

Swimming Pool – The Submarines

Human Hands – Sondre Lerche

Landed – Ben Folds

Be OK – Ingrid Michaelson

Breakable – Ingrid Michaelson

Keep Breathing – Ingrid Michaelson

Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect – The Decemberists

Heart Attack Time Machine – Waterdeep

You and I – Ingrid Michaelson

Prison Food – Ben Folds

Title and Registration – Death Cab for Cutie

California – Copeland

A Movie Script Ending – Death Cab for Cutie

In Your Apartment – Charlotte Sometimes

Tiny Vessels – Death Cab for Cutie

Make This Go On Forever – Snow Patrol

Wreck of the Day – Anna Nalick

Miss You Love – Maria Mena

Sorry – Maria Mena

Cologne (Piano Orchestra Version) – Ben Folds

Kylie from Connecticut – Ben Folds

Your Heart is an Empty Room – Death Cab for Cutie

Late – Ben Folds

Step Into My Office, Baby – Belle and Sebastian

Wow. 40 songs. I didn’t realize it was so extensive until I started typing it up. And yes, I do play it on shuffle. Sometimes. Sometimes I like hearing the same person over and over. Sometimes I do one song repeat.

Any way you slice it, this playlist is fantastic, in my opinion. Et tu?

Also, If you haven’t noticed, I have a small love affair with parentheses lately. I’m not sure why.